The single, hosted solution requires only one installation into an organisation in order to facilitate the identity checking of residents with which it has face-to-face, online, call centre or postal interactions across the countries covered.

Countries covered by Universal ID Check are: Andorra, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.

Jim Lound, product director, Fraud & Identity Solutions, Experian commented: “Universal ID Check provides organisations with a convenient and cost-effective tool for satisfying regulatory and risk mitigation requirements to verify the identities of individuals with which they do business. It will appeal to international organisations that reach out to customers across the countries covered, to local organisations needing to verify overseas residents and recent arrivals, and to organisations requiring a flexible single-solution for verifying identities across multiple customer contact channels.”